FediScience Support
@admin@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

Want to talk about your science in your own podcast but don't not know how to start? Or aren't sure what's involved logistically?

FediScience e.V. is planning a "podcasting for scientists 101" workshop and we would like to see how many people might be interested and what specifically you would expect to be covered.

This will be a free online event happening around late September or early October and would be conducted by an expert in science communication.

If you are interested, please either respond to this post or send me a DM. Please include any concrete topics or questions you would like to see covered in your message.

Boosts appreciated.

(edit: fixed hashtag :/)

#podcast #scicomm#wisskomm

Paul
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Jon Sullivan
@joncounts@mastodon.nz  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The new science video from #Veritasium is wild and worth a watch.

It's about Braess’s Paradox, which I'd not heard of before, but it shows up in all sorts of places, including traffic planning.

The video includes a fantastic couple of examples of why car traffic times can sometimes go up when more roads are built. That's not the usual case of more people using the roads. Instead, with the same number of drivers, adding a road makes everyone's journey time slower.

This example might seem a bit contrived but the video also cites a study where the equivalent did happen when a busy street in New York City was closed off, and travel times for everyone paradoxically went down.

Physics and maths are wonderfully counterintuitive sometimes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTkPfq7w1A

#physics#SciComm #transport #traffic

In this modified road layout, the city has built a short 1 minute section of motorway connecting the two city street sections of route together. The shortest travel distance is now going straight down the midde, but since everyone chooses to take that route, the city street sections become slower and travel time *increases* from 35 minutes to 41 minutes. If a car chose to take one of the side routes it would take even longer (45 minutes) as they would end up on a clogged city street with everyone else. (Do watch the video for a much clearer explanation.) Screenshot from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTkPfq7w1A
In this modified road layout, the city has built a short 1 minute section of motorway connecting the two city street sections of route together. The shortest travel distance is now going straight down the midde, but since everyone chooses to take that route, the city street sections become slower and travel time *increases* from 35 minutes to 41 minutes. If a car chose to take one of the side routes it would take even longer (45 minutes) as they would end up on a clogged city street with everyone else. (Do watch the video for a much clearer explanation.) Screenshot from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTkPfq7w1A
In this modified road layout, the city has built a short 1 minute section of motorway connecting the two city street sections of route together. The shortest travel distance is now going straight down the midde, but since everyone chooses to take that route, the city street sections become slower and travel time *increases* from 35 minutes to 41 minutes. If a car chose to take one of the side routes it would take even longer (45 minutes) as they would end up on a clogged city street with everyone else. (Do watch the video for a much clearer explanation.) Screenshot from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTkPfq7w1A
A diagram showing two road routes from start to end. Each route contains two sections. One section is wide motorway where travel time is always 25 minutes and not related to the number of cars (within the volumes of this example). The other section is a narrow city street where travel time *is* proportional to the number of cars (one extra minute for each 100 cars). In this example, if there are 2000 cars, and half take each route, then the journey time is 25 minutes + 10 minutes = 35 minutes. This is a screenshot from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTkPfq7w1A
A diagram showing two road routes from start to end. Each route contains two sections. One section is wide motorway where travel time is always 25 minutes and not related to the number of cars (within the volumes of this example). The other section is a narrow city street where travel time *is* proportional to the number of cars (one extra minute for each 100 cars). In this example, if there are 2000 cars, and half take each route, then the journey time is 25 minutes + 10 minutes = 35 minutes. This is a screenshot from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTkPfq7w1A
A diagram showing two road routes from start to end. Each route contains two sections. One section is wide motorway where travel time is always 25 minutes and not related to the number of cars (within the volumes of this example). The other section is a narrow city street where travel time *is* proportional to the number of cars (one extra minute for each 100 cars). In this example, if there are 2000 cars, and half take each route, then the journey time is 25 minutes + 10 minutes = 35 minutes. This is a screenshot from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTkPfq7w1A
Craig Duncan
@craigduncan@mastodon.au  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
@thejapantimes

Relevant meaning of AI here is "a computer" ie computational data analysis and logical output:

"A hive contains up to 15 frames and a BeeHome can hold up to 10 hives, providing thousands of datapoints for Beewise’s AI to analyze.

While a trained beekeeper can quickly look at a frame and assess its health, AI can do it even faster, as well as take in information on individual bees in the photos. Should AI spot a warning sign, such as a dearth of new larvae or the presence of mites, beekeepers will get an update on an app that a colony requires attention."

#scicomm #ai #bees
UniversityofGroningenLibrary
@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl  ·  activity timestamp 9 months ago

🚀1 year since we left #X / #Twitter

Our move to #Mastodon wasn't just a platform switch. It was a leap into #OpenScience in action.

We found a chance to align our communication w/ our values: transparent, meaningful, dialogue-driven.

Read about our journey, impact, challenges, and lessons:

🔗https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/blog/one-year-after-x-embracing-open-science-on-mastodon

💜Thanks, 🦣-community, for this wonderful experience. We learn a lot here.

👋We hope to encourage other academic institutions to join.

#AcademicMastodon#SciComm#DigitalMigration
Petra van Cronenburg
@NatureMC@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Let's dive into the emerald green magic #moss worlds of this primordial #plant and #climate champion, play voyeur at their courtship, and meet moss-lovers around the globe! My interview guest is experienced in space and winner of the Guardian Prize for the Invertebrate Of The Year 2025.
Moss: The Emerald Treasure ▶️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moss-the-emerald-treasure/id1630784381?i=1000707856049 and on every podcatcher.

#NatureMatchCuts #podcast #biodiversity#sciComm #nature #mosstodon #podcast #tardigrade#sciComm #green#carbonSink #climate